Thomas Derek Bastow (born 26 August 1991) is an English actor and musician from

Epsom, Surrey Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. ...

. He is best known for playing the character Dave the Laugh in

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' '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'', as Joe in the British Telecom (BT) adverts and as the lead singer in the band FranKo.

Education

Bastow attended the independent

City of London Freemen's School , established = 1854 , type = Independent school Day and boarding school , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Surrey#England#United Kingdom , religion = , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head ...

, and later transferred to the

BRIT School The BRIT School is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, theatre, musical theatre, dan ...

in Croydon, a state school that specialises in the performing arts . Bastow then graduated with a BA Acting from the

Drama Centre London Drama Centre London (often abbreviated as Drama Centre) was a British drama school in King's Cross, London, where it moved in 2011 after a major reshaping of the University of the Arts London. It was part of Central Saint Martins, a constitue ...

(Class of 2015/2016).

Acting career

Bastow wanted to become an actor after watching films like ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' with his dad and being inspired by the performances of the actors, "Watching those great performances sent tingles down my spine and I wanted to have that ability myself. I wanted other people to watch me and get that same feeling, I wanted to entertain." Bastow first got involved with acting at the age of thirteen. Since 2005, Bastow has appeared in several BT adverts. In 2008, he appeared in two episodes of the

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program '' M.I.High'' as Lewis Chuckworth, and in a short film titled ''Londongrad''. Bastow landed his first major film role playing the character of "Dave the Laugh" in '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'', released in July 2008. In December 2008, he played the role of a young Sir Guy of Gisborne for an episode of the

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mini-series ''

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'' which aired on 6 June 2009. In 2009, he also had a role in '' The Boys Are Back'' starring

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. Bastow starred in the 2010 Spanish-American

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Exorcismus ''Exorcismus'' ( es, La posesión de Emma Evans) is a 2010 Spanish-British horror film directed by Manuel Carballo and written by David Muñoz, it stars Sophie Vavasseur and Stephen Billington. Plot Secluded, home-schooled teenager Emma's unco ...

'', which is produced by Filmax. He also appeared in a recurring role in teen drama '' The Cut'', a BBC Switch program, playing Greg Cranborne. In 2011 he appeared in ''

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'' as

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Music career

In 2005, Bastow became the lead singer of a band called Blackspray. In October 2007, Bastow and members of another band called Hawkwood (two of which are also students from the BRIT School) formed FranKo. In 2008, FranKo played their first gigs in the UK and recorded their debut EP with producer

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( Stereophonics,

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). Later that year, the band toured Thailand which included an appearance on

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. They also toured with

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and Me vs Hero. On 31 March 2010, FranKo released their 10 track debut album 'Vote FranKo'. The first single off the album was "Night Time" released in September 2009. In July 2011 FranKo released their second album 'FranKo'. They played a tour supporting ROOM 94 (July 2011) and a tour with Dave Giles (October 2011).

Filmography

;Films ;Television ;TV commercials

Theatre

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bastow, Tommy 1991 births People educated at the BRIT School Living people People from Epsom People educated at City of London Freemen's School English rock singers English male stage actors English male child actors English pop singers English male film actors English male soap opera actors 21st-century English singers